Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Wyoming

Municipality: Nicholson borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,697

Household (median)                                               21,875

Family (median)                                                  31,058

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,263

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,401





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         156

  College                                                            23



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.0

  High school grad (%)                                             73.0

  College grad (%)                                                 16.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    334

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.7

  Mean Income                                                    17,961

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.3

  Mean Income                                                    31,881

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.9

  Mean Income                                                    36,998

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    140

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.5

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.7





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996